About us

We independently fund and support promising research in areas of great clinical need but where there is low investment, creating the conditions required to take the improvement of human health to new and exciting frontiers.

Leave a gift in your Will

Including a gift to the Medical Research Foundation in your Will could help transform peoples' health for decades to come.

Thank you for considering including a gift in your Will to advance medical research and change peoples' lives.

The health and wellbeing of millions of people depends on continual medical advances. This is a challenge needing immense support, innovation and persistence.

Making a decision about your Will is a private and personal matter. Many of our supporters include a gift in their Will after they have taken care of their loved ones. We would love to hear from you if you are considering a gift or have already included a gift, so that we can thank you and plan for the future. However, you don't have to.

All gifts, of any amount, will help the Medical Research Foundation to fund more researchers who will improve human health and change people's lives. Over 90% of our voluntary income is donated by people leaving a gift in their Will.

You can leave a gift for medical research general purposes which give us the flexibility to ensure that your legacy is used to support the best research as it arises, and to respond to emerging research opportunities and health problems.

Or, if you prefer, you can specify an area of medical research that you would like your gift to support and the trustees will do everything they can to apply your legacy as you wish.

Leaving a gift to charity in your Will is a fantastic way for you to make a difference in the future without costing you anything now. Gifts left to a charity in a Will are also exempt from inheritance tax.